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Postby jdear on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:02 am

Took some photos down at the local beach and tried something different:

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I took a cracking one at my last wedding of the bridal party... Its on my mates comp. Ill have to try and get a hold of it!

Thanks for looking!

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Postby Oz_Beachside on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:08 am

last one, moving!!!

rainbow framing the lifted child, colors, and background with more children...

JUST GREAT!!!
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Postby macka on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:17 am

Wow - now that I've finally gotten the site to load...

I do like the last one - but I also think #1 is very striking. But it would be a much stronger image in a square crop.

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Postby Geoff on Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:36 am

Oooooooooh!! 3 and 4 are superb - the first ones are a little too 'eery' for this kind of child shoot I feel. Nice work though!
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:00 am

The first 3 are excellent - all tell a story that is made more powerful by the contre jour shooting. The last pic does not have the same impact IMO as the last third of the body disappears. . . maybe more powerful with a pano crop.
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Postby moz on Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:16 am

I like #1 and #3 a lot. #2 the cloud behind the child detracts from the silhouette effect, and #4 has too much detail in the dark spots, but I like the composition and rainbow. If you could lift the black point a bit on the foreground I think it'd work really well.
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Postby Laurie on Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:03 pm

1,3,4 are great from my POV

well done and perfectly executed silhouette!
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Postby Killakoala on Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:18 pm

The last one is perfect.
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Postby Hybrid on Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:04 am

Great stuff, the last one is brilliant!

I love silhouette shots - was just doing some yesterday evening actually...
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Postby wendellt on Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:48 pm

that 2nd one is great but i feel its to wide if you crop in a bit more that would improve it

excellent work and great mood established
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Postby Div on Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:37 pm

I really like the 3rd and 4th. Although maybe too much detail in the childs shirt in the 4th? Would be great if completely silhouette.

Very nice shots

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Postby binky on Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:17 pm

Love the mood that all 4 photo convey. The emotion in the 4th photo I can really relate to... especially as I have 2 young sons.
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Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:34 am

I really like these. My only criticism is that the dark clouds in No 2 are too close to the child in the air, thus reducing the focus on the sillhouette.

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Postby BT*ist on Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:40 pm

Despite the valid comments about the cloud in the second shot, it's my favourite. 1/3 are also all good. The last one is good too, but it does't really fit with the series since it's not so much about the silhouette!

Finally, when I was scrolling down the 'topic review' pane, I noticed that if you make #2 into an very accentuated widescreen (what, 3:1 or 3.5:1), (IMO) it's even more effective.
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